Lewis (2006–2015)

1. S01E01PilotJanuary 17, 2006 8.1DI Lewis returns to Oxford after several years absence and is reluctantly assigned by his new boss, DCS Innocent, to the murder of an Oxford
2. S01E02Whom the Gods Would DestroyFebruary 18, 2007 8.2DI Lewis and DS Hathaway investigate the murder of Dean Greely. As the investigation continues, they discover that Greely and three other me
3. S01E03Old School TiesFebruary 25, 2007 8.2DI Lewis is less than pleased when he and DS Hathaway are assigned to protect Nicky Turnbull, a former criminal turned successful author. Tu
4. S01E04Season's bestExpiationMarch 4, 2007 8.3When an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home, Lewis and Hathaway unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict s

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Season's bestAnd the Moonbeams Kiss the SeaFebruary 24, 2008 8.5At first the murders of Reg Chapman, a handy man at the Bodleian Library and gambling addict, and Nell Buckley, a popular Art student, seem
2. S02E02Music to Die ForMarch 2, 2008 8.4Lewis investigates the garroting of an aging Oxford don planning an Wagnerian festival and discovers a tenuous connection to his former boss
3. S02E03Life Born of FireMarch 9, 2008 8.2Lady Hugh, the intolerant Bible-fanatic president of Oxford's Mayfield college, turns against anything gay. Shortly after popular, decent st
4. S02E04The Great and the GoodMarch 16, 2008 8.2Lewis and Hathaway become involved in the drugging and rape of a schoolgirl and discover that it is connected to several bizarre murders.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Season's bestThe Allegory of LoveMarch 22, 2009 8.2Robbie Lewis attends a book launch for a fantasy novel penned by prodigious young research fellow Dorian Crane, with whose adoptive mother,
2. S03E02The Quality of MercyMarch 29, 2009 8.1Lewis investigates the murder of student Richard Scott. He was killed just before premiering The Merchant of Venice. During the investigatio
3. S03E03The Point of VanishingApril 5, 2009 8.2Steven Mullan, a former religious maniac who served time for running atheist writer Tom Rattenbury off the road, crippling Tom's daughter Je
4. S03E04Counter Culture BluesApril 12, 2009 8.0Thirty-five years after she supposedly drowned herself, rock star Esme Ford returns to Oxford to secretly re-establish her band Midnight Add

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Season's bestThe Dead of WinterMay 2, 2010 8.2Dr Stephen Black is found murdered on a tour bus visiting Crevecourt Hall, where Hathaway's father was once estate manager so the sergeant k
2. S04E02Dark MatterMay 9, 2010 8.2Professor Andrew Crompton,an amateur astrologist, is found dead in the university observatory after visiting a priest for confession. A note
3. S04E03Your Sudden Death QuestionMay 16, 2010 8.0Six couples arrive at out of term Chaucer College for a quiz weekend with a five grand prize. One of the contestants,womanizing know-all Eth
4. S04E04Falling DarknessMay 30, 2010 8.0During a Halloween one of Dr. Hobson's old college roommates is found with a stake through her heart and a garlic bulb in her mouth.

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Old, Unhappy, Far Off ThingsApril 3, 2011 8.0As the last remaining all-women's college in Oxford is bidding farewell to one of its most distinguished professors, murder rears its ugly h
2. S05E02Wild JusticeApril 11, 2011 8.0During an ecumenical conference in formerly Catholic St. Gerard's college, the poisoning of a female black American bishop triggers a series
3. S05E03Season's bestThe Mind Has MountainsApril 17, 2011 8.2Student Amy Katz is murdered whilst taking part in a clinical trial for anti-depressant drugs, overseen by Dr. Alex Gansa, her psychiatrist
4. S05E04The Gift of PromiseApril 24, 2011 8.0Andrea De Ritter, founder of an organization that supports gifted children, is murdered after making a presentation to Zoe Suskin, only fift

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01Season's bestThe Soul of GeniusMay 16, 2012 8.2Whilst digging in the woods botanist Liv Nash unearths the corpse of academic Murray Hawes,a man seemingly obsessed with solving the riddle
2. S06E02Generation of VipersMay 23, 2012 8.0When lonely feminist lecturer Miranda Thornton is found dead after a video she submitted to a dating agency is viciously made public on a sc
3. S06E03Fearful SymmetryMay 30, 2012 8.0Nick and Honey Addams return home to find their baby-sitter,Jess Lake,murdered. She was tied to a bed and indeed often posed for bondage and
4. S06E04The Indelible StainJune 6, 2012 8.0American academic Paul Yelland faces accusations of racism when he presents his theory on Criminal Dangerousness to an Oxford college and is

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01Season's bestDown Among the Fearful (1)January 7, 2013 8.0Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the death of Reuben Beatty who works at the University of Oxford's Department of Psychology.
2. S07E02Down Among the Fearful (2)January 14, 2013 8.0Lewis and Hobson are looking at the body of Vicki Walmsley as a theft of etorphine is reported by the Garsington Equine Centre. The drug was
3. S07E03The Ramblin' Boy (1)January 21, 2013 8.0Hathaway is away enjoying a holiday in Kosovo and Lewis goes to see Louise Cornish, who is upset that her husband Jack has walked out on the
4. S07E04The Ramblin' Boy (2)January 28, 2013 8.0Liam Jay is in intensive care and Lewis and Alex believe that he has information about the death of Matt Whiby and the mysterious cremation.
5. S07E05Intelligent Design (1)February 4, 2013 8.0The body of Richard Seager a former Biochemist, is found under a Jaguar Mark 2. The day before, the victim had been collected from prison by
6. S07E06Intelligent Design (2)February 11, 2013 8.0Lewis, Hathaway and Hobson look around the new crime scene as Carl Drew, Stella Drew, Martha Seager, Adam Tibbit, Graham Yardley and Adam's

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01Entry Wounds (1)October 10, 2014 7.4Retirement does not seem to be suiting Lewis, so when a call comes from Innocent to take up his badge and rejoin the force, he doesn't hesit
2. S08E02Entry Wounds (2)October 17, 2014 7.3It soon becomes obvious that the case has everything to do with Alastair's failure to save the life of a badly hurt teenager, Nabeel Sira, d
3. S08E03The Lions of Nemea (1)October 24, 2014 7.4The team start to investigate the shocking murder of an American classics student called Rose Anderson whose body is discovered in the canal
4. S08E04The Lions of Nemea (2)October 31, 2014 7.3After a difficult start, Lewis and Hathaway's partnership seems to have gained some semblance of normality. DS Maddox has become a part of t
5. S08E05Beyond Good and Evil (1)November 7, 2014 7.1In 2001, Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis arrested Graham Lawrie for the brutal murder of three police officers. The murders ceased; Lawrie
6. S08E06Season's bestBeyond Good and Evil (2)November 14, 2014 7.6Hathaway and Maddox continue to investigate the murder of Travis as the trail leads back to Lewis's original case. The two detectives attemp

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01One for Sorrow: Part 1October 6, 2015 8.0Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika
2. S09E02Season's bestOne for Sorrow: Part 2October 13, 2015 8.1Faced with the seemingly impossible task of identifying the remains of a body discovered in a well, Lewis has also got to contend with new b
3. S09E03Magnum Opus: Part 1October 20, 2015 7.6When College Dean Phil Beskin is found brutally bludgeoned to death with a rock in local woodland, Lewis and Hathaway are called to investig
4. S09E04Magnum Opus: Part 2October 27, 2015 7.7Hathaway is struggling to cope with his father's illness, as he begins his search to find out who he was before the dementia kicked in.
5. S09E05What Lies Tangled: Part 1November 3, 2015 8.0When an idyllic Oxford summer's day is torn asunder by a gruesome parcel bomb, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate
6. S09E06What Lies Tangled: Part 2November 10, 2015 8.0

Season 9 ranked & reviewed